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2015 PennMFA in Brussels

Thesis Exhibition

Gallery with many images up on the walls.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Natessa Amin

Abstract water color playing with negative spaces and stain-like motifs.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Natessa Amin

Close up of sculpture featuring blue track suits wrapped around a stack of car tires.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Charles Hall

Sculpture featuring blue track suits wrapped around a stack of car tires.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Charles Hall

Large collage featuring peoples faces and a lot of black negative space.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Wilmer WIlson

Long views of a gallery with several pieces in it.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Katie Locke

Abstract colorful sculpture with a mural in the background.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Natessa Amin

Card with text "Arrival Statement. Brussels, Belgium. Wednesday, May 28, 1975"

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Annie Zverina

Section of gallery with lots of small light projections on the wall.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Jing Qian

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Wilmer Wilson

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Lydia Rosenberg

Abstract sculpture made of different construction materials.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Corey Herynk

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Jen Berman

Banner with many different words overlaying each on on a white circle with a blue background.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Chiara No

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels

Installation piece vaguely resembling the construction of a building in progress.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Kasey Short

A text 'emoticon' painted on to a pane of glass.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Dan Haun

Gallery space with several pieces in it.

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Joan Oh

Gallery with image projected on to a wall in a dark room

2015 PennMFA Thesis Show in Brussels, Michelle Wang

Down to Earth / Terre à Terre / Van Nature

The Master of Fine Arts program of the University of Pennsylvania presents the 2015 thesis exhibition in Brussels, Belgium. The exhibition is the culmination of a six-month exchange between the graduate students and curator Agata Jastrząbek. During their residency in Brussels, the students will install selected works, and through various activities organized by the curator, immerse themselves in the local contemporary art scene and visit major Belgian historical venues.

The thesis exhibition project acknowledges that emerging artists work from a globalized state of culture and respond to a new perception of site specificity. The exhibition presents work impacted by a collective discussion on the premise that travel, cultural exchange and the examination of cultural relativism are all markers of a profound evolution in our vision of the world. This year’s edition questions the power of globalization and cultural relativism by enhancing and paying tribute to particular characteristics inherent to North American culture. It is titled Down to Earth.

PennMFA Thesis Exhibition Artists
Natessa Amin, Jacob Been, Jennifer Berman, Charles Hall, Ava Hassinger, Daniel Haun, Corey Herynk, James Howzell, Sascha Hughes-Caley, Ashley Kuhn, Katie Locke, Chiara No, Joan Oh, Jing Qian, Derek Rigby, Lydia Rosenberg, Kasey Short, Michelle Yue Wang, Wilmer Wilson IV, Annie Zverina

Exhibition Curator
Agata Jastrząbek (b. 1983, Poland) graduated from University Maastricht (NL) in 2009. She lived and worked in Brussels (BE) between 2009 and 2013 and in Vienna (AT) between 2013 and 2015. She has realized exhibitions and publications with institutions such as Wiels (Residue co-curated with Dirk Snauwaert, 2013), Argos (Slavs and Tatars, 2011), Komplot (¥€$, I see stars, 2011) and others. She collaborated with Joëlle Tuerlinckx on a solo show with many artists at the gallery Nächst St Stephan in Vienna. In the framework of curated by (2013) festival in Vienna she curated a group show No touching, No including young and emerging European artists. This year (2015), after thorough research she conceived an installation titled Place for the 10th anniversary of JoAnn’s Gonzalez Hickey private collection in New York.

June 6 - July 1, 2015
Opening reception: June 5, 6 - 9pm
Hangar H18, Place du Châtelain 18
B - 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Open Tuesday - Saturday 12 - 6pm

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